An event report (222KB) is available.

Key details

The participation fee includes:

• venue hire;
• standard table (0.45 metres by 1.8 metres) and six chairs (three for institution representatives, three for visitors); the back panel is 2.1 metres high by 1.8 metres wide; each participant has a space 2.4 metres wide, including the table;
• additional room and equipment hire;
• PR campaign: advertising on web, newspapers, magazines, street banners, flyers, e-mail shots, other;
• marketing briefing, reception, institutional / school / agent visits, British Council appointed stand assistants, refreshments;
• travel between selected hotels and venues (tbc);
• freight between the Tokyo venue and the Osaka venue.

Stand sharing is available at a premium of 20 per cent on the cost of participation.

Please note that the participation fee does not include international or domestic travel, accommodation, subsistence or freight, except where stated.

Target markets
Undergraduate and pre-university subject chapters
Specifically the following key subject areas:

• English language
• GCSE, A-levels and equivalents
• Access and foundation
• Built and natural environment
• Computing, mathematics and IT
• Engineering and technology
• Humanities
• Law
• Management, business and finance
• Social sciences and communications
• Sport, leisure, hospitality and tourism
• Visual and creative arts

Postgraduate and MBA subject chapters
Specifically the following key subject areas:

• English language
• Applied and pure sciences
• Built and natural environment
• Computing, mathematics and IT
• Engineering and technology
• Humanities
• Law
• Management, business and finance
• MBA
• Social sciences and communications
• Sport, leisure, hospitality and tourism
• Visual and creative arts
• Learning at a distance

Market information

• Japan market background
• Partnership members can access more detailed education market intelligence, including international student data and country profiles
• Japan Partnership members can access education market intelligence on the Japan Partnership website
• An event report is available for the October 2006 Education UK Exhibition in Japan

Programme
Tokyo

	Date Time Activity Friday 12 October 2007 1300-1500 Market update and administration briefing 1500-1800 Meeting with Japanese universities, agents and schools 1800-2000 Reception Saturday 13 October 2007 1300-1900 Exhibition open to the public Sunday 14 October 2007 1200-1800 Exhibition open to the public Monday 15 October 2007 1300 onwards Japan Partnership meeting

Osaka

	Date Time Activity Thursday 18 October 2007 0830-1500 Mini Fairs at two international schools Friday 19 October 2007 1500-1700 Meeting with Japanese agents 1800-2000 Reception Saturday 20 October 2007 1300-1800 Exhibition open to the public

Proposed additional activities
Meetings with Japanese representatives
In 2004, side events were successfully introduced in both Tokyo and Osaka and they will be included this year. Feedback from past exhibitions indicated that UK participants found it hard to locate specific local participants at a traditional reception, as the guests moved around. Therefore, we will hold a more structured event that will allow UK representatives to meet with contacts from the following three groups:

1. Agents (Tokyo and Osaka) - educational agents, looking for partner institutions in the UK, will be invited and brief profiles of participating agents will be prepared for this meeting.
2. Japanese institutions (Tokyo only) - we will hold this informal meeting session in collaboration with the Japan Network for International Education (JAFSA). JAFSA is the largest network of international educational exchange specialists in Japan. They have some 200 corporate members and 400 individual members. Most of the corporate members are universities. JAFSA member institutions, interested in links with UK institutions, will be invited to this session. JAFSA will prepare some information material, including brief profiles of the participating JAFSA member institutions.
3. Career advisers from Japanese high schools and international schools (Tokyo only) - career advisers from local high schools and international schools will be invited and they will be able to exchange information with the UK participants about the interests and needs of high school and international school students in Japan and recent developments in UK higher education.

Representatives from these groups will each be given a table and UK representatives will be free to circulate and talk to those with whom they are interested in working.

All the above participants will be invited to a reception which will be held following the meetings. Representatives from vocational colleges, Japanese high schools and journalists will also be invited to this reception.

Mini fairs at two international schools in Osaka / Kobe
An international school will be visited in the morning and a second in the afternoon.

Ten to 15 institutions will be able to exhibit. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, with priority given in the following order:

1. Japan Partnership members
2. Core Partnership members
3. Non-Partnership members

This additional activity will be free of charge. Please indicate on the application form if you are interested in attending this event.

Venues
Tokyo
Tokyo Internation forum

Osaka / Kobe - Mini Fair
Two international schools

Osaka - Exhibition
Umeda Sky Building

Visa requirements
Visas are not required for UK passport holders. Other passport holders should check with their travel agent or contact the Consulate or Embassy of the country they plan to visit.

Freight
The deadlines for freight collection by our recommended freight handler are:

• Sea freight: 10 August 2007
• Air freight: 21 September 2007

The participation fee does not include freight costs and these are the responsibility of the participating institution.

If you have any queries about this event, please contact the Education UK Events Helpdesk